FLORIDA SURPLUS LIST ENHANCEMENTS
+ DAILY SURPLUS LISTS (Same day as the auction)

OWNER INFORMATION, PROPERTY INFORMATION REPORTS, LIEN RESEARCH,
CLAIM FORMS AND CLAIM PROCESS CHECKLISTS

ALSO CHECK OUT OUR QUARTERLY SURPLUS LISTS

This website sells daily surplus lists that we create on the same day as the auction happens. However, you will find everything you need to enhance your Florida Surplus Lists, no matter where you obtain them. On most surplus lists you find, there always seems to be information or needed-documents missing. Most list providers give you just the bare-bones lists that they obtain directly from the county.
For their part, the county does not care about Asset Recovery Specialists and do nothing to supply the information you need to locate the property owner or determine if there are any liens on the property that may take the surplus.
The Surplus Lists on this website are from Tax Deed Foreclosure Auctions in Florida.
If you would like Mortgage Foreclosure Surplus Lists, visit Mortgage Auction Surplus
WHY FLORIDA IS SPECIAL AND HAS IT’S OWN WEBSITE (VISIT OUR “OTHER STATES” SECTION)
  • The step-by-step training, Client Forms, Claim Forms and Property Information Reports we give all pertain to Florida Counties, so it is important to have it’s own section. For all other states, visit this website.
  • In Florida, you are able live-watch the daily auctions and create immediate surplus records in most of the counties. You cannot do that in other states because most of them have long redemption periods to where a property owner can come back months or 2 years after an auction and redeem their property (by paying the past due auctions). Therefore, if you create a surplus list on the same day as the auction, you never know if or when an owner will redeem and then there would be no surplus.
  • Florida’s redemption law is this: the high bidder has 24 hours after the auction to pay their high bid but the property owner can pay their late taxes at any time before that happens. Once the 24 hours is reached or the high bidder pays (whichever comes first), the owner can no longer redeem their property.
  • Florida has one of the most open public records law of any state. You are able to dig in and gain access to all documents you need to have all information possible for each surplus record.
  • In Florida, you do NOT need to be a lawyer in order to assist others in claiming the surplus.
  • There are no maximum caps on the percentage you (as an Asset Recovery Specialist) can charge your client. We find that most start at 40% to give themselves bargaining room.

THE 2 STATES WE ARE ASKED ABOUT THE MOST AND WHY WE DO NOT SUPPLY LISTS FOR THEM

California: In order to provide good records, we need to obtain the property owners name and hopefully mailing address to help you get a jump start on skip tracking (locating) them. ALL California Counties have a law to where their Property Appraisers cannot post Owner Information online.

Texas: Here is an excerpt from the laws about surplus recovery of foreclosed property auctions (both Mortgage and Tax Deed)

“A fee charged by an attorney to obtain excess proceeds for an owner may not be greater than 25 percent of the amount obtained or $1,000, whichever is less.
A person who is not an attorney may not charge a fee to obtain excess proceeds for an owner.”

EXAMPLES OF USING OUR LIEN AND OWNER LOOKUP TOOL